How will we power our future? Can we create a healthy and clean economy?

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club is at the forefront of the global debate about energy, economy, and the environment.

Bringing together the brightest and most provocative leaders of our time,

Climate One is the place where big ideas get heard.

With thoughtful and insightful discussions on policy, business, science, and culture,

Climate One founder Greg Dalton gets to the heart of the matter. It's our future. It's time to come

together. Welcome to Climate One and conversation about America's economy, energy, and environment.

To understand any of them, you have to understand them all. Today we're discussing food, energy, and water. Petroleum and water are at the center of discussions about sustaining our economy while dealing with the rising population, as well as rising carbon pollution. Scientists say fresh water supplies will decline as global temperatures increase, and many corporate leaders now see water supplies as a serious concern for their business.

On the energy side, demand is rising at the same time that emissions from fossil fuels need to start declining in order to stabilize the Earth's operating system.

Food production uses large amounts of oil and water, and it takes just, imagine, 15 gallons of water to produce just one ear of corn.

Over the next hour, we will probe the connection between food, energy, and water with our live audience here at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

Joining us, we're pleased to have Marvin Odom, president of the Shell Oil Company,

the U.S. arm of Royal Dutch Shell, the world's largest corporation by revenues.

Before my conversation with Mr. Odom, I'm going to talk for 15 minutes with Cho Kong,

Shell's chief political analyst.

We'll talk about Shell scenarios, and then Marvin will come up here and join us.

So please welcome Cho Ong to Climate 1.

Cho Kong.

Cho Kong.

Welcome.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you, Greg.

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